wilcal Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Totally forgot to post, this is from Dec. 20 when I was taking a bike ride. Soil samples happening in NE corner of lot. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcal Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Luminare said: I'm not able to read through this because its locked behind a paywall. Warning! This is not for this development, but since what happened with another developer involves foreign investment that means its on topic and will probably on topic with other developments with similar financing. With that being said....holy cow! I was a bit skeptical of this persons comment about foreign investment until I found this headline this morning... https://www.wsj.com/articles/foreigners-funded-houston-development-to-get-green-cards-they-were-duped-sec-says-11546956000 If anyone has a wsj sub and is willing to provide the transcript I would definitely appreciate it. Interested in reading the rest and not just the headline. Found some screenshots of the story on another forum: http://www.andhrafriends.com/topic/786199-foreigners-funded-houston-development-to-get-eb-5-green-cards-they-were-duped-sec-says/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 8 minutes ago, wilcal said: Found some screenshots of the story on another forum: http://www.andhrafriends.com/topic/786199-foreigners-funded-houston-development-to-get-eb-5-green-cards-they-were-duped-sec-says/ Apparently this is in need of some serious reform. Unfortunately it seems like its another one of those items where both sides of the aisle would like to do something about it, but when each party takes power they seem to kick the can down the road in order to use it themselves. With that being said, I'm nearly 100% confident that every other nation probably has a backdoor through the process like this. While its been mostly used by Chinese investors to get into the US, I'm pretty confident that China has the exact same thing, but in reverse for US investors. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TylerHerman13 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 They are putting some serious work into this sales office. Pretty impressive! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TylerHerman13 Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 More Progress. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerNut Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 On 1/10/2019 at 10:31 AM, Luminare said: Apparently this is in need of some serious reform. Unfortunately it seems like its another one of those items where both sides of the aisle would like to do something about it, but when each party takes power they seem to kick the can down the road in order to use it themselves. With that being said, I'm nearly 100% confident that every other nation probably has a backdoor through the process like this. While its been mostly used by Chinese investors to get into the US, I'm pretty confident that China has the exact same thing, but in reverse for US investors. I doubt many US investors get Chinese citizenship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston? Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Can someone please tell me what’s going on? Is this mix used center getting built? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 ^^ There is a long sting above you request that will tell you as much as anybody knows about what is going on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston? Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Can someone please tell me what’s going on? Is this mix used center getting built? 1 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Highrise Tower Posted January 19, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 19, 2019 DC Partners posted an instagram story this afternoon. https://www.instagram.com/dcpartnersusa/ 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 I guess it’s safe to assume they want to do things right with the amount of work they’re putting in their leasing office. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htownbro Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 On 1/18/2019 at 6:21 PM, ekdrm2d1 said: DC Partners posted an instagram story this afternoon. https://www.instagram.com/dcpartnersusa/ so it's going up! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htownbro Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 On 1/18/2019 at 6:21 PM, ekdrm2d1 said: DC Partners posted an instagram story this afternoon. https://www.instagram.com/dcpartnersusa/ so it's going up! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMU1213 Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 (edited) Wrong topic. Sorry guys! Edited January 23, 2019 by SMU1213 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AREJAY Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 47 minutes ago, SMU1213 said: They're redesigning. Building a lot less retail (still plenty) and a lot more residential. Hopefully no loss of height or number of highrises! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMU1213 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Sorry guys. Meant to post that in the Regent Square page. No new news on The Allen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 On 12/19/2018 at 9:25 AM, West Timer said: Give it to the Vy troll. She's the one that can't stop the pointless bitching about Houston. Unlike her, I can afford to live anywhere I want and I think Houston is fabulous and getting more fabulous by the day. But I guess I'm probably being too insensitive. Really, I have nothing but pity for those poor pathetic losers who are handcuffed to places they would rather not be and aren't smart enough to be able to figure out how to do anything about it except whine about it on the internet and then proceed to blame our great city for their own personal issues and shortcomings. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Timer Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 (edited) At least I can write my own material. Edited January 25, 2019 by West Timer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSirDingle Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 46 minutes ago, hindesky said: Starting to look like a leasing office I can get behind. Wonder how long it will take before they start breaking ground on the towers? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlindTiger Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Any updated construction in the past few weeks by chance? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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C List Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 On 12/18/2018 at 10:35 AM, H-Town Man said: Thanks for this. More information in the news on EB-5 -> With the amount of scrutiny on EB-5 I wouldn't be surprised if this project gets further delayed. https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/capital-markets/eb5-mastroianni-usif-brook-lenfest-doug-litowitz-defamation-lawsuit-chinese-97342?&utm_source=outbound_pub_68&utm_campaign=outbound_issue_772&utm_content=outbound_link_1&utm_medium=email And if you look here below you can find renderings for the Marlow, Hotel Allesandra, Kirby Collection, Arabella and more https://eb5projects.com/projects?utf8=✓&investment_type_id=-1&open=&verified=-1&state=Texas&name=&commit=Search&project_category_id=-1&regional_center_id=-1&size=-1&documents_available=-1&videos_available=-1 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 For the record, there were a number of references to the small building as being a "leasing office." This is probably going to be a sales office for the condos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dbigtex56 Posted February 20, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 20, 2019 (edited) Sorry, couldn't help but point this out. From the Biznow article: "a Chinese-American woman named Zoe Ma, engaged in "wonton [sic] fraudulent behavior," Not clear on how much she made; it was a dim sum. Edited February 20, 2019 by dbigtex56 4 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 But did the courts determine whether she was friend or Pho? 3 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBooze Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Wow..... I think you should both have your funny bone licenses taken away. Sometimes its better to resist the temptation. No encore performances..... please. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 On 2/20/2019 at 9:53 AM, TBooze said: Wow..... I think you should both have your funny bone licenses taken away. Sometimes its better to resist the temptation. No encore performances..... please. Sorry, no. The LOL's outnumber the Booze. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Free event being held Thursday March 21st for a “first look” at The Allen. The new design will likely be shown here. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-residences-at-the-allen-friends-family-event-tickets-57735629823?aff=ebdssbdestsearch 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avossos Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Say what you will about RD... But he is a bit of a pioneer. He goes to the areas we all say "we need to have something here" and builds something. Other developers tend to follow along. I am hopeful the new design is still striking. I would love for the buildings around Buffalo Bayou to have significant architectural integrity, as they will be in plain sight for the foreseeable future. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CREguy13 Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 I hate to sound like a downer, but I am not looking forward to the new design... I imagine it will be seriously value-engineered, similar to the way they reduced the glass exterior at Arabella. Especially with all the recent bad news surrounding the EB-5 program, which is how DC finances its projects. I hope I'm wrong, but I really have a hard time thinking this design will be equal to or better than the original. 1 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainJilliams Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 54 minutes ago, CREguy13 said: I hate to sound like a downer, but I am not looking forward to the new design... I imagine it will be seriously value-engineered, similar to the way they reduced the glass exterior at Arabella. Especially with all the recent bad news surrounding the EB-5 program, which is how DC finances its projects. I hope I'm wrong, but I really have a hard time thinking this design will be equal to or better than the original. I'm feeling the same way, hope I'm wrong, but it's just a gut feeling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyt36 Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 12 hours ago, CREguy13 said: I hate to sound like a downer, but I am not looking forward to the new design... I imagine it will be seriously value-engineered, similar to the way they reduced the glass exterior at Arabella. Especially with all the recent bad news surrounding the EB-5 program, which is how DC finances its projects. I hope I'm wrong, but I really have a hard time thinking this design will be equal to or better than the original. Well I suspect you must know something. That shall prevent me from starting a GoFundMe campaign in the Fourth Ward for the $40 million required to make it super sexy. I’d already got commitments for $83. Ah well, that’s Houston. But that’s why I like it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timoric Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 (edited) - Edited July 12, 2019 by Timoric 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 But unfortunately there is no place to hide a hideous disaster on the Bayou if it is value engineered. These are special tracts that will affect the overall image of downtown. Plus they'll block out downtown from the west. And if Randall Davis is involved that means we will have something proposed in renderings, and then the real deal which will look nothing like the renderings. I know they are building a very detailed leasing office but that doesn't mean anything. If you go down to the area around the old Rainbow Lodge site, you will find a very well constructed leasing office for a now defunct project called the Orion. The developer now lives in this leasing office. I went to his birthday party there and it wasn't a cheap building. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iah77 Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 Can anything be worse than Memorial by Windsore and the housing project next door lol? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 25 minutes ago, iah77 said: Can anything be worse than Memorial by Windsore and the housing project next door lol? Good point, but let's see what Randall comes up with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 14 minutes ago, bobruss said: Good point, but let's see what Randall comes up with. Wait...when did RD enter this conversation? Is he the architect now? I wouldn't be surprised if he would be made architect of record with another doing the design, but as the design architect? what? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AREJAY Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 4 minutes ago, Luminare said: Wait...when did RD enter this conversation? Is he the architect now? I wouldn't be surprised if he would be made architect of record with another doing the design, but as the design architect? what? Davis is the "D" in "DC Partners" 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 1 hour ago, AREJAY said: Davis is the "D" in "DC Partners" Do we actually know this to be true? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 3 hours ago, AREJAY said: Davis is the "D" in "DC Partners" Right, and the C stands for Cockerspaniel. Edit: /s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 This is from a release about the Arabella. I highlighted the Randall Davis relationship. Jan Sparks and Michael Snodgrass of Transwestern arranged the financing on behalf of developer Randall Davis of D.C. Partners. The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program, which was part of the equity, allows foreign nationals to obtain an expedited green card in exchange for stimulating the U.S. economy through job creation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AREJAY Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 55 minutes ago, Houston19514 said: Do we actually know this to be true? 48 minutes ago, Triton said: Right, and the C stands for Cockerspaniel. I'm mostly echo chambering what I've heard a few places, but it makes sense to me - he's definitely involved. I'm assuming the "C" is Roberto Contreras Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swtsig Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 26 minutes ago, AREJAY said: I'm mostly echo chambering what I've heard a few places, but it makes sense to me - he's definitely involved. I'm assuming the "C" is Roberto Contreras yes, it's Davis Contreras Partners so yes, Randall is involved. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 51 minutes ago, swtsig said: yes, it's Davis Contreras Partners so yes, Randall is involved. ...sigh 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Town Man Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 This could be a disaster for the western view of our skyline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 I wish he would stay in the Galleria Uptown area and leave downtown for the big boys. He just doesn't have the design chops and finishes down to be screwing up our skyline. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Maybe Randall is just there for the money and not involved in design? He's not even listed as part of the team: http://dcpartnersusa.com/our-team/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 On 3/5/2019 at 1:24 PM, swtsig said: yes, it's Davis Contreras Partners so yes, Randall is involved. With respect, the name of the company is not "Davis Contreras Partners." The company is named "DC Partners". Do you have first-hand knowledge that the D in DC Partners, stands for Davis? (Not wishing to be tendentious, but I have not been able to unearth any evidence that Randall Davis is part of DC Partners, so I'm genuinely curious.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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